Quick Commerce to Need 75 Million Sq Ft of Space by 2030

October 26, 2026October 26, 2026

A CBRE report on 26 Oct states India’s quick commerce sector will need ~75 million sq ft of urban logistics space by 2030.

Quick commerce means groceries and other goods delivered fast from small neighbourhood warehouses called dark stores. CBRE splits the 75 million sq ft into two parts.

About 42 million sq ft will go to dark stores inside cities, and about 33 million sq ft to mother hubs, which are large warehouses on a city’s edge that restock many dark stores.

Today, India has around 7,800 dark stores across more than 100 cities, taking up nearly 27 million sq ft.

The report expects that count to pass 12,000 by 2030. Growth has been quick.

Space demand from the sector grew 81% a year between 2021 and 2025, and it made up 4% to 5% of all logistics leasing over that time.

Yearly space taken rose from 3.1 million sq ft in 2024 to 4.3 million sq ft in 2025. Big cities still lead.

Delhi-NCR accounted for 21% of quick commerce leasing between 2021 and the first half of 2026, followed by Mumbai at 20%, Bengaluru at 17%, Hyderabad at 16% and Chennai at 11%.

Between 65% and 70% of dark stores sit in the top eight cities. That is starting to shift.

Operators are moving into Jaipur, Lucknow, Surat, Coimbatore and Nagpur, where property costs are lower.

The report also lists franchise-run dark stores, outside delivery firms and tie-ups with neighbourhood kirana shops as routes into smaller cities.

Mother hubs usually measure 100,000 to 125,000 sq ft, and each one supplies 30 to 50 dark stores. How operators pick sites is changing as well.

CBRE’s Ram Chandnani said they will judge locations on how well they handle fast fulfilment, not floor area alone, looking at ground-floor access, loading, rider movement, power for cold storage and distance from customers.

CBRE’s Anshuman Magazine said platforms are moving from heavy spending to steadier growth, with the focus on dense, well-placed fulfilment networks.

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